The Viennese coffee house (German: Wiener Kaffeehaus) is a typical institution of Vienna that played an important part shaping Viennese culture.
Since October 2011 the "Viennese Coffee House Culture" is listed as "Intangible Cultural Heritage" in the Austrian inventory of the "National Agency for the Intangible Cultural Heritage", a part of UNESCO. The Viennese coffee house is described in this inventory as a place "where time and space are consumed, but only the coffee is found on the bill."
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Famous quotes containing the words coffee and/or house:
“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)